Kentucky forward Willie Cauley-Stein (15) got free for a jam in the first half as teammate Marcus Lee looked on. Cauley-Stein made six of eight shots from the field and was 2-for-3 at the line for 14 points. He also pulled in 10 rebounds.
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Guard James Young made a three-pointer over UT Arlington's Shaquille White-Miller. Young shot 5-for-10 from behind the arc on his way to scoring a game-high 26 points.
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"It's all effort," the UK coach said after a 105-76 victory. "It's nothing else. Sprint the floor. Stay in a (defensive) stance. Check out and rebound. Don't let his effort be (greater)."

UT Arlington's Brandon Edwards, who entered the game averaging a double-double, scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. His offensive rebounds numbered seven, meaning that he almost single-handedly grabbed the "nine or 10" limit Calipari sets for opponents.

Calipari saluted Edwards for "smashing the boards and just taking the ball from our hands.

Calipari closed his post-game news conference by expressing what sounded like a threat or a promise, or both.

"I'm not changing," he said of his demands for greater effort. The players must give him what he wants or sit and/or stew.

"I don't care," Calipari said. "Be mad. Be sad. I don't get on you except for effort."

Conference calls

Surely, no school knows the temporary nature of conference affiliation these days better than UT Arlington.

The Mavericks are in the Sun Belt Conference. Last season, they were in the Western Athletic Conference. The year before that, they were in the Southland Conference.

Putting a positive spin on this nomadic existence, Coach Scott Cross said, "I think it's a good thing for us because our guys have been able to see different places."

Cross acknowledged that he's been at a disadvantage having to learn about referees and opposing coaches.

UT Arlington officials saw the move from the Southland to the WAC as simply a matter of joining a better conference. The school had been in the Southland Conference for 46 years.

Then several schools with the better football conferences chose to leave the WAC. That led UT Arlington officials to decide to join the Sun Belt.

"To get a little bit more stable conference," Cross said.

'Big Blue Triathlon'

UK officials are promoting a "Big Blue Triathlon" for Nov. 27.

Fans will have the chance to attend three UK sporting events that day/night. The women's basketball team plays Bradley at noon in Memorial Coliseum.

Then the men's team plays Eastern Michigan in Rupp Arena beginning at 4 p.m. To end the triathlon, UK's volleyball team plays Florida in the Coliseum beginning at 8 p.m.

All fans who attend the three games will receive a commemorative Big Blue Triathlon t-shirt, UK said.

One grand champion (random drawing) will receive prizes that include a Nike gift pack, two lower level tickets to the men's basketball game against Louisville, VIP access to ESPN College GameDay on Feb. 15, two lower-level tickets to men's basketball against Florida, and two lower-level tickets to men's basketball against Alabama (senior day).

The winning "triathlete" will also get to shoot baskets on the Rupp Arena floor before one of the games and get his or her picture taken at mid-court.